American Drama: The Bastard Art, 1st Edition

.In this book, Susan Harris Smith looks at the many often conflicting cultural and academic reasons for the neglect and dismissal of American drama as a legitimate literary form. Covering a wide range of topics such as theatrical performance, the rise of nationalist feeling, the creation of academic disciplines, and the development of sociology, Smith’s study is a contentious and revisionist historical inquiry into the troubled cultural and canonical status of American drama, both as a literary genre and as a mirror of American society.American Drama: The Bastard Art 1st Edition is written by Susan Harris Smith and published by Cambridge University Press. ISBNs for American Drama are 9780511822278, 0511822278 and the print ISBNs are 9780521032421, 0521032423. Additional ISBNs include 9780521563840.